Ministry of Information & Broadcasting
Selected teachers, fishermen, artisans and several welfare scheme beneficiaries from Karnataka specially invited to witness the Independence Day Celebrations in New Delhi
Around 1800 persons from various walks of life to be special invitees for the Independence Day celebrations at the Red Fort.
In all, 31 selected persons from Karnataka comprising teachers, fishermen, artisans and beneficiaries of various programmes will get a privileged opportunity to witness this year’s Independence Day Celebrations in New Delhi, live on 15 August 2023.
The special guests include six teachers, four fishermen, three artisans, three beneficiaries of Jal Jeevan mission, two each of beneficiaries of Amrit Sarovar and Pradhan Manthri Kaushal Vikas Yojana, representatives of 13 Farmer Produce Organisations in Karnataka. The invitees and beneficiaries of the schemes, along with their families, are being invited to listen to Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi’s address to the nation. The initiative to invite the people from all walks of life, across the country, and be a part of the celebrations has been taken by the Government in line with its vision of ‘Jan Bhagidari’.
Around 1,800 special invitees from across the country will be witnessing the Independence celebrations in New Delhi on 15 August 2023 when Prime Minister Narendra Modi will hoist the tricolour at the Red Fort. As the country completes 75 years of Independence this year, sarpanches of vibrant villages, teachers, nurses, farmers, fishermen, shram yogis who helped build the Central Vista Project in New Delhi, khadi sector workers, national award winning school teachers, Border Roads Organisation workers and those who helped and worked for the Amrit Sarovar Projects and Har Ghar Jal Yojana Projects, implemented in various parts of the country, have been invited along with their spouses to attend the Independence Day celebrations in the national capital.
Smt. Pushpa Honnatti of Chikka Kuruvatti Gram Panchayat, Ranebennur Taluk, Haveri District, who is working as a water woman under Jal Jeevan Mission Project, is one of those invited to participate in the Independence Day programme at Red Fort, New Delhi.
Shri Neelappa Shambhappa Neelannavar, a small farmer of Guttala village, Haveri district is also a special invitee at the Independence Day event.
Smt. Nalina Kumari, working as a book writer under the National Rural Livelihood Mission of Agara Gram Panchayat, Yalandur Taluk, Chamaraja Nagar District also gets an opportunity to watch the Independence Day events in the national capital.
Shri N.H. Virupakshamurthy, a farmer of A. Nagatihalli village, Nagamangala taluk, Mandya district has been picked up to witness the Independence Day pageantry in New Delhi.
Also among the special guests is Shri Anand Nagendrappa, a farmer from Belagumpi, Kalaburgi district.
Special invitee Shri Karunakar S. Salian, a resident of Malpe in Udupi district, is the organizing secretary of the All India Fishermen's Association. His wife Smt. Tunga Karunakar, a fisherwoman, has also been invited to join him to New Delhi to witness the Independence Day event.
Shri Dayanand K. Suvarna, fisherman and President of Udupi District Malpe Fishermen's Association and Secretary of All India Fishermen's Organization, is another member from fishermen community invited for the Independence Day celebrations.
Chikkamagalur Taluk Farmer Producer Organisation President Shri PV Lokesh is one of the invitees under FPO segment.
Shri G S Girish, CEO of Farmer Producer Company of Kudligi, Vijayanagar District, has also been specially invited for the I-Day event.
Shri Girish, President of Chikkabasur Farmer Producer Organisation of Badgi Taluk, Haveri District, is also a special invitee.
Shri Mallanagowda T Patil of Vijayapur District has been invited to participate in the Independence Day programme at Red Fort, New Delhi.
Smt. Mallaravalli of Peddapally village, Kolar district is a beneficiary of Amrita Sarovar, who has been invited for Independence Day programmes.